- Lead
- 10,160
- Total
- 16,834
- vs nation
- D+61.8
Indiana 99th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,188
- Total
- 20,339
- vs nation
- D+60.4
- Lead
- 13,304
- Total
- 20,719
- vs nation
- D+62.1
- Lead
- 13,475
- Total
- 20,322
- vs nation
- D+62.5
- Lead
- 15,527
- Total
- 22,211
- vs nation
- D+62.6
- Lead
- 8,793
- Total
- 16,497
- vs nation
- D+55.8
- Lead
- 7,090
- Total
- 13,945
- vs nation
- D+50.3
- Lead
- 6,430
- Total
- 13,955
- vs nation
- D+37.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+60.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,9252024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,652 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 18.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,9892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 24.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 43.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 25.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.9 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 95, IN · twin score 98.1
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 99th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
84.7%
18,811 votes · D+69.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 82.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
39.2%
5,162 votes · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 34.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
18,811votes
84.7% of the vote · D+69.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 16,790 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
5,162votes
39.2% of the vote · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 4,505 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
James M. Cox1920
+66.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+39.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +62.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−31.9pts R vs U.S.
Place D+54.4 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1992 · −33.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Indiana 99th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.9 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.4 points.
A population of 67,925, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,989 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 95 and State House District 94.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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